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prime shaq and prime timmy together would have been unstoppable....but aged shaq and timmy? i dont know...
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7/07/2010 6:00 PM ET By Chris Tomasson
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Chris Tomasson
Senior NBA Writer
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Shaquille O'Neal's first choice is to join the San Antonio Spurs for one final run at a fifth NBA le, and he wants to play two more seasons before retiring, a source told FanHouse on Wednesday.
The source spent time Wednesday with O'Neal in the Orlando area, where the legendary free-agent center makes his offseason home.
The source said O'Neal said the Spurs and Atlanta are at the top of his list since there is interest with those teams on both sides. FanHouse's Tim Povtak reported Monday the link between O'Neal and the Hawks, and there were indications from San Antonio on Wednesday that the Spurs do indeed have interest.
O'Neal also is interested in Boston but the source said he realizes the Celtics don't have much interest in him. A source confirmed to Povtak on Wednesday that, while the Celtics have great respect for Shaq, he would disrupt their chemistry.
"He'd really like to go to San Antonio and team with Timmy (Duncan), and try to win one more le,'' said the source about O'Neal, who starred in high school in San Antonio.
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Spurs general manager R.C. Buford declined comment.
The source said O'Neal, 38, plans to play two more seasons and then retire. He wants there to be a farewell tour in 2011-12, which he expects would be his 20th and final NBA season.
"He wants to sign a two-year deal,'' the source said about O'Neal, who made $21 million last season with Cleveland. "And then the second year will be a farewell tour. He can tell a team that you would sell out all 41 games (that season).''
That strategy might come in more handy with the future Hall of Famer possibly trying to convince Atlanta to offer him more than the midlevel exception of about $5.8 million. While the source said O'Neal would go to San Antonio for the midlevel, he said his preference if he joined the Hawks would be to get more money than that. The Hawks would need to make a move to have more than the midlevel, with one possibility trying to do a sign-and-trade with the Cavaliers.
One thing is for sure: the source said Shaq won't return to Cleveland.
"He thought it was OK,'' the source said of the one season O'Neal spent with LeBron James there. "But he won't be back.''
The source said O'Neal, who won les with the Lakers in 2000, 2001 and 2002 and Miami in 2006, looked Wednesday to be in "good shape'' and that O'Neal still looks as if could contribute to a championship team. The source said O'Neal is going to let the free agency process play out and doesn't expect any deal to get done immediately. Players first can sign Thursday.
I really think SHAQ wants his 5th le...and not see duncan get it before him..so they can get it together...and moreover i think...if shaq can have opotunities to break arms's kobe..before he get his 6th ring...he will do it ;-)
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prime shaq and prime timmy together would have been unstoppable....but aged shaq and timmy? i dont know...
lol no way
Neat idea... but defending the pick and roll is a bit higher on the priority list than selling out all the home games and opposing teams gyms a year from now.
Pass!!!!
I'd rather have Splitter over that fat POS.
I've said that I wouldn't be surprised at all if the Spurs signed a veteran big man for the minimum. Don't know that Shaq is really ready to take that little pay, nor the 10 mpg tops such a big would get after Duncan, Splitter (hopefully), Blair, and McDyess.
if oneal doesnt take a lot of money...and doesnt ask to be a starter...he could be good for 10-15 minutes in PO time.. i mean versus bosh, boozer, amare, garnett, yao ...a center 7 tall is always a center 7 tall at the end of a game..i mean he can produce good minutes for us...but sure musnt be expensive.
If Shaq would take the league minimum I'd sign him.
.........and then I'd trade him to some crappy team just because I could.
As long as he did not interfere with attaining Splitter and a solid SF, signed for the vet. min. and did not take minutes away from Blair . . . what am I saying?!
If everything fell through with Splitter and Shaq was committed to being in the best shape he could get in, then the Spurs would have to seriously consider it.
he can help on free throws. The Spurs need help there.
Sadly, you are 100% correct. They'd pretty much have to do it. Let us all pray that it doesn't come to that.
Shaq is 38 years old. I don't think he can get any healthier, especially with a lot of young guys out there. Having said that, a 7 footer is still a 7 footer. If he signs up for minimum, why not. He's funny.
If we CANT get splitter, than I'd consider it. He wants the midlevel or slightly below. thats only doable if splitter isnt coming.
I would love a Duncan/Splitter/Blair/Shaq/Dice frontline. Would absolutely love it. Especially if it means Bonner won't come back. Shaq is still a great player to throw out there against guys like Bynum and Howard and those fouls could be useful.
It was only a matter of time before this rumor started. At least nobody would call the Spurs "boring" anymore!
this would be another move made at the expense of the spurs future (d blairs development, complicating things with splitter, no resigning of mahinmi...whats the word on that front anyways?) with championship or bust written alll over it. that said, it would definitely make the spurs a better team next year no doubt. we have been lacking an actually legitimate center who isnt complete garbage since....damn...since a long time. probably nazr...and that was still just nazr.
Just the thought we might be looking to pick between Bonner or Shaq made me puke a little bit...
Have you watched Shaq play since basically 2006?
yea, and would you rather have all 7 feet of him or matt bonner starting @ C every night?
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